Roland Barthes Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Where you get 'em jeans ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loomer Posted July 12, 2015 Author Share Posted July 12, 2015 SUSAN. I love DSS so much. I think it's her best movie! For me it's her ONLY movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loomer Posted July 12, 2015 Author Share Posted July 12, 2015 DSS was released as early as the 29th March 85, so you'd have gotten your first Groovy glimpse then. I wonder what the wannabe loons did having to hold out months of constant radio rotation with all her other songs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Barthes Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 i hate the piano break Shep Pettibone added to be honest, it worked very well live on the WTG tour but on record it transformed a new wave track into a latino disco boring mess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newman Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 July 23 =/= July 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tasteinmen Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Dannii knows best This was my jam back in the summer of 2003! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt420 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 i hate the piano break Shep Pettibone added to be honest, it worked very well live on the WTG tour but on record it transformed a new wave track into a latino disco boring mess I have to agree. I can appreciate it on YCD and yes, the live version on WTG was great but NO version beats the original.......in fact, my favorite is the version that actually plays in the DSS credits. It is very slightly different than the Angel b-side version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzy Jan Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 My favourite Madonna single. This is just pure pop perfection. Still sounds timeless today. Love this thread Loomer. Always want to celebrate this song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anastaza Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Love the song, love DSS. An early favorite and an amazing era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnapologeticRebel Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 One of my all time favorite Madonna tracks! Right up there with "Vogue" as being a masterpiece! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrawberryBounce12 Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 One of her signature songs! I swear I hear ITG on the radio more than any other Madonna song. I love it so much. Such a feel good song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSgamby Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ITG Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Groove is my all time fav dance track. That bass line! Those backing vocals! 'And you can dance, for inspiration' 'Just let the music set you free'' 'Only when I'm dancin can I feel this free' And of course - 'Now I know you're mine' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david86 Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 I have to agree. I can appreciate it on YCD and yes, the live version on WTG was great but NO version beats the original.......in fact, my favorite is the version that actually plays in the DSS credits. It is very slightly different than the Angel b-side version. I agree that DSS credits version is so pure, the first take. Even a little off key at certain moments. Its the best!! My fave gym track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckw25 Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Infectious. Timeless. Iconic. Love this song! Definitely in my top 5 of Madonna songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loomer Posted July 13, 2015 Author Share Posted July 13, 2015 July 23 =/= July 12 Er, I KNOW obviously.. I said so in my first post. I'm starting the party early like we've done with other big anniversary threads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loomer Posted July 13, 2015 Author Share Posted July 13, 2015 Did you have to? Oh no, did they do THAT as well. Kill me now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loomer Posted July 13, 2015 Author Share Posted July 13, 2015 I have to agree. I can appreciate it on YCD and yes, the live version on WTG was great but NO version beats the original.......in fact, my favorite is the version that actually plays in the DSS credits. It is very slightly different than the Angel b-side version. Yeah, it was so good they just used the demo pretty much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loomer Posted July 13, 2015 Author Share Posted July 13, 2015 Today is actually the 30th anniversary of Live Aid to be exact, which featured that performance of the exploding Groove. Madonna was so huge at this point that she was added to the bill of the legendary concert, playing the Philadelphia side with a rare appearance of her hair grown out to brunette. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Gold Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Iconic!! my fave version is the one on The Immaculate Collection the piano breakdown is life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tasteinmen Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 I'm not into the piano break, I don't like how TIC version begins either, the single version is the best version, pure 80s pop! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shine Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Everything about this song screams PERFECTION ! ♥ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemo64 Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 How can anyone not groove when listening to Into the Groove? For me, never a truer lyric than "Only when I'm dancing can I feel this free". I love this song so much. It's truly amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loomer Posted July 16, 2015 Author Share Posted July 16, 2015 ITG is her best selling single in the UK with over 800K sold. It just rather embarrassingly came up on the quiz show Pointless, when the question was "best selling singles in the UK by female artists", someone naturally said Madonna and it was the wrong answer She of course has never had a million selling single in the UK, the one chart achievement that eluded her. But what a great song to be her best selling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolidayGuy Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Yet another of her songs that is more than its fun, frothy surface. The power of music. Strong, forthright female. Linking dancing to sex- and the innuendo of "groove." The orgasmic "Now I know you're mine..." section near the end. I could go on, but that's sufficient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollhouse Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 its her 1st UK no.1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XXL Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Marvellous Majestic on WTG Tour Ale Oh Oh Ale Oh Oh Baila con me, cantate con me Love the "Scottish" RIT version too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larkspur Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 It's a snapshot of that time but also timeless. It's flawless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonicboy Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 (edited) Downtown NY contemporaries Sonic Youth knew Madonna from her early days and rechristened themselves Ciccone Youth for this groovy desecration. Naturally this was more up NME's alley and they gave it the 3rd best single of 1986. Love it! Here's a Fact Of The Day I wrote for MadonnaTribe years ago: Sonic Youth‘s 1988 side-project Ciccone Youth uses a xerox of a Herb Ritts shot of Madonna as the cover and samples Madonna’s vocals on their cover of Into The Groove. At the time it was released it was on an indie label so it was possible that it was overlooked by Madonna’s camp. But when it was re-released on Geffen there’s no way they could get away with this without approval. But now the liner notes in the new, remastered/expanded edition of Sonic Youth’s Daydream Nation confirm that Madonna herself actually approved the original indie release of Ciccone Youth: “The album cover [of Ciccone Youth], a b&w xerox enlargement of Madonna‘s face, was a brilliant and contemporary design. Sonic Youth had utilized found images in album covers before, but this was testing the limit. We sent copies of the vinyl album to Warners to be passed on to Madonna via her sister who worked in the art department there. Word came back that she had no problem with it acknowledging she remembered the band from her NYC Danceteria days.” http://www.madonnatribe.com/decade/2013/ciccone-youth-2/ The Into The Groovey/Burning Up single (which was released the year before the full Ciccone Youth album and included a different version of Burning Up than the one on the album) used this classic bit of xerox cover art: Edited July 18, 2015 by sonicboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loomer Posted July 20, 2015 Author Share Posted July 20, 2015 ^ Fabulous info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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